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pass·port (pas′pôrt′)

noun

  1. a government document issued to a citizen for travel abroad, subject to visa requirements, certifying identity and citizenship: it entitles the bearer to the protection of his or her own country and that of the countries visited
  2. safe-conduct (senses & )
  3. anything that enables a person to be accepted, admitted, etc.

Etymology: Fr passeport, safe-conduct, orig., permission to leave or enter a port < passer, pass + port, port

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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